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Farms-to-Schools
 Madison Farms is a network of family farmers in Madison and surrounding counties of North Carolina who have come together to market locally grown produce to several school systems in western North Carolina.
Thus far, Madison County Schools, Mars Hill College cafeteria, Asheville City Schools, and the University of North Carolina- Asheville cafeteria have purchased fresh produce from Madison Farms. For the last two years, Madison Farms and area farmers have been working with school food nutritionists and buyers to develop a plan for implementing the purchase of locally produced foods into their school food systems.
During this period, a variety of crops have been identified that local farmers are producing for the schools. A professional, commercial site has been developed to prepare, package and store these products prior to delivery to the schools. Participating farmers are certified in "Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)" through a training workshop sponsored by North Carolina Cooperative Extension.
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